Bug 735966

Summary:	Startup blocks on stat()ing files on unaccessible servers
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Richard Marko <rmarko>
Component:	evince	Assignee:	Marek Kašík <mkasik>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	15	CC:	jberan, mkasik
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OS:	Linux
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Clone Of:	443932	Environment:
Last Closed:	2012-08-07 19:21:54 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	443932
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Description Richard Marko 2011-09-06 10:25:26 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #443932 +++

Description of problem:
Evince apparently keeps a list of recently open files and stat()s them on
startup. This becomes a problem if one of these files resides on a server that
is unavailable any more. This blocks the startup, the evince window never appears.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
evince-2.22.1.1-1.fc9.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a file on a automounted NFS file system (evince /net/tmp-server/s.pdf)
2. Close evince. Disconnect tmp-server
3. Try opening a file on a local filesystem (evince /tmp/s.pdf) - the window
will never appear.
  
Actual results:
evince will hang with following strace:
[...]
stat("/home/pawsa/cv.pdf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=92689, ...}) = 0
stat("/net/tmp-server/home/aa.pdf", ^C <unfinished ...>

(the last stat never finishes and needs to be interrupted).

Expected results:
Evince should just show the requested file!

Additional info:
This is a showstopper unless somebody tells me how to clean up the list of
recently accessed files. There is apparently no command line flag to disable
these stat() calls.

Comment 1 Richard Marko 2011-09-06 10:27:46 UTC

evince-3.0.2-1.fc15.x86_64 affected.

This is pretty annoying as the window will open but after very long time (nfs/cifs timeout) which renders evince unusable.

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